Story by Sgt. Bob Timney | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.29.2012
As Afghan National Security Forces take control on military and local police actions, the Army is training Security Force Assistance Teams to be advisors to the ANSF. Within 70 days of being alerted to these training objectives, the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk did what normally took six months and pulled together the largest training rotation in JRTC history....
Story by Sgt. Bob Timney | 354th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 03.29.2012
In its largest training rotation ever, the Joint Readiness Training Center trained dozens of newly created Security Force Assistance Teams. These highly specialized teams will be deployed as the next step in the diminishing role—and eventual withdrawal—of coalition forces from Afghanistan. These teams allow Afghan National Security Forces to take the lead in security while U.S. security......
